Press Releases
Van Hollen Joins Wyden, Senators in Proposing Criminal Penalties, Consumer Protections to Stop Rogue Health Insurance Brokers
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and four of their colleagues in introducing a bill to apply criminal penalties to rogue insurance brokers who are changing Americans’ Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans without their knowledge or consent, and take other steps to strengthen consumer health insurance protections. The bill, titled the Insurance Fraud Accountability Act, would hold fraudulent insurance brokers and … Continue Reading
July 24, 2024
Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Call for Expedited Evacuations of Children with Complex Medical Needs from Gaza
This week, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 12 of their colleagues in urging Michael Herzog, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and Motaz Zahran, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States, to help Palestinian children who are critically ill and injured leave Gaza safely to seek medical treatment, and increase access to life-saving medical treatments in Gaza for children in-need. “While people disagree about the war in Gaza, everyone should agree … Continue Reading
July 24, 2024
Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Announce $10 Million for Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $10,000,000 in federal funding for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to construct approximately 50 acres of reefs within existing oyster sanctuaries in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. The restored reefs will provide habitat for the Bay’s diverse wildlife while bolstering the local oyster … Continue Reading
July 24, 2024
TRANSCRIPT: Van Hollen Floor Speech on Decision Not to Attend Netanyahu Address
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke on the Senate Floor about his decision not to attend Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to a Joint Session of Congress. During his speech, the Senator detailed his recent trip to Israel and the surrounding region and discussed meetings he held in Israel with family members of hostages and those who lost loved ones on October 7th. The Senator explained in depth why he made the decision not to attend the joint session, both underscoring the … Continue Reading
July 23, 2024
Van Holle Joines Warren, Colleagues in Responding to End of Chevron Doctrine
After a Supreme Court stacked with Trump-appointed justices overturned the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Stop Corporate Capture Act (SCCA). The SCCA codifies the Chevron doctrine and … Continue Reading
July 22, 2024
Van Hollen, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, Mayor Scott Highlight Efforts to Bring Internet Access to More Marylanders
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel visited West Baltimore to highlight recent efforts to expand internet access for Marylanders and Americans without a reliable connection at home. Joined by Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott at the Enoch Pratt Library Walbrook Branch, the officials discussed the FCC’s recent vote of approval to expand the E-Rate Program, permitting libraries to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots … Continue Reading
July 21, 2024
Van Hollen Statement on President Biden
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding President Biden: “Joe Biden has time and again shown our nation the true meaning of a dedicated public servant. Over the last four years — and throughout his decades of prior service — he has delivered on behalf of the American people, working to better the lives of millions, while never forgetting where he came from and who he was fighting for. President Biden has always put our country first, and in … Continue Reading
July 18, 2024
Van Hollen, Markey, Meng Applaud FCC Vote To Modernize E-Rate Program
Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted at its July meeting to modernize the E-Rate program to allow schools and libraries to … Continue Reading
July 16, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Key Committee Passage of Over $7 Million for Maryland Community Projects
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion of $7,396,000 in key Senate Committee legislation providing direct federal funding for community-led projects throughout Maryland. These community projects, funded at the Senators’ request, are within the Senate Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s proposed … Continue Reading
July 16, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Key Committee Passage of Over $450 Million for Maryland Military Installations
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced the inclusion in key Senate Committee legislation of $456,161,000 for military installations across Maryland. These federal dollars, included at the Senators’ request, are within the Senate Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s proposed funding legislation for fiscal year 2025. This subcommittee … Continue Reading
July 15, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $36.2 Million for Flood Mitigation for the City of Crisfield
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced $36,210,467 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to protect the City of Crisfield from flooding. This federal investment in the Southern Crisfield Flood Mitigation Project will reduce the impacts of flooding through strategies that include storm water management, tide gate, wetland and road improvements. The funds are provided through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) … Continue Reading
July 12, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Applaud Inflation Reduction Act Investment in Medium- and Heavy-Duty EV Truck Production
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration announcement of $208,224,054 in federal funding to support the Volvo Group’s efforts to upgrade and reequip three domestic manufacturing facilities - including its Hagerstown location - to increase production of its Mack and Volvo electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This major investment will create new union jobs across the three facilities - in … Continue Reading
July 11, 2024
Van Hollen Joins Butler, Schatz in Introducing Legislation to Keep Families Together
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in introducing the Keep Families Together Act, legislation that would mandate the prioritization of family unity in immigration enforcement and provide guidelines to ensure that families are kept together throughout the legal process. In 2018, the Trump Administration announced a policy of family separations, beginning one of the darkest chapters of state-inflicted trauma in … Continue Reading
July 11, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Laud Judiciary Committee Approval of Adam Abelson, U.S. District Court Nominee for Maryland
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today praised their colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for promptly sending the nomination of Magistrate Judge Adam Abelson to the full Senate on a bipartisan vote for confirmation to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. “Judge Abelson is an outstanding nominee for the federal judiciary. His commitment to public service and the rule of law is without question. We recommended Judge Abelson … Continue Reading
July 10, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Urge EPW Committee Leaders to Move Forward Legislation to Confirm Full Federal Coverage for Replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (Both D-Md.) today pressed the leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) to move forward legislation that would confirm the federal government would cover 100 percent of the cost to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in March. At an EPW hearing today, led by Chair Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Cardin and Van Hollen were direct in their calls for passage of their … Continue Reading
July 10, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin, Sarbanes, Mfume Announce $960,000 to Connect Howard County to Baltimore Area Transit Services
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen John Sarbanes and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced $960,000 in federal funding to better connect Howard County commuters to Baltimore-area transit services. The grant will allow the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Howard County to purchase two, heavy-duty transit buses to extend the existing Route 409 by five miles from its current terminus in Elkridge to Lansdowne Station in Baltimore County. This … Continue Reading
July 10, 2024
Team Maryland Welcomes Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott to the U.S. Capitol
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) met Tuesday afternoon with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott to discuss a wide range of issues of importance to Baltimore. Topics during the hour-long meeting in the U.S. Capitol included their joint efforts to strengthen public safety, public transit and affordable housing, and the ongoing effort to recover and rebuild following the catastrophic Francis Scott Key Bridge … Continue Reading
July 09, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin, Ivey, Hoyer Announce Over $25 Million for Electric Buses, Clean Transit Infrastructure in Prince George’s County
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and U.S. Congressmen Glenn Ivey and Steny Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $25,475,520 in federal funding to upgrade Prince George’s County’s bus transit system. This investment will support the County’s efforts to transition to a fully zero-emission bus fleet by 2040, including through the purchase of 15 new zero-emission buses, 5 new battery electric vans, and new level 4 electric chargers. These funds will also support other key elements of … Continue Reading
July 08, 2024
Van Hollen, Cardin Announce $800,000 to Enhance Accessibility at Aberdeen Train Station
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $800,000 in federal funding to increase accessibility to the Aberdeen Train Station. This federal investment for the City of Aberdeen’s Transit Oriented Development Station Square Improvement Project will allow further planning to support Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant improvements around the station, upgrades to pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and other multimodal improvements. The project … Continue Reading
July 03, 2024
Delegation Members Announce $2 Million to Expand Maryland’s Energy Efficiency Workforce
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md) announced $2,000,000 for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (MD DHCD) to expand the workforce available to help low-income households make energy efficiency upgrades to their homes to lower their energy costs. The federal funding, made possible by the lawmakers’ work to pass the … Continue Reading
